Window



F. R. GILDERSLEEVE WINDOW Dec. 14 1926. 6 I 1,610,766

Filed Nov. 25. 1925 INVENTOR E m/{P 1 1 ATTORNEY ill l atente d Dec. 14, 1926.

UNITED STATES FRANK B. GILDERSLEEVE, OF CROTON-ON-HUDSO'N, NEW YORK.

WINDOW.

Application filed November 25, 1925.

This invention relates to improvements in windows, and aims to give an observer a clear view while protecting him from the elements.

A window embodying the invention is mounted so that it may be easily and quickly reversed with only a momentary uncovering of the opening to which it is applied. In the form which I consider most desirable, this is accomplished by a combined hinge and swivel mounting. By merely reversing the window the observer is enabled to wipe oil? any water, sleet, snow, salt, dust or other matter which may have collected on the outor side of the window, while being all the time protected from the elements.

Windows embodying the invention are of especial value for use in covering the observation openings in the front wall of locomotive cabs. They are useful also on automobile windshields, in street cars, in the pilot house of vessels, in observation towers, or wherever a clear view without exposure to the elements is desired.

A specific embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. 1 is an inside elevation of the window; and

Fig. 2 is section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 showing in dotted lines the position occupied by the window during reversal.

In the drawings, the window is used to cover an observation opening 11 in a wall 12. The window 10 has a frame 13 and a transparent pane 1 4: and is symmetrical about its center line and axis both in respect to its thickness and its width. The window is attached to the wall by means of a hinge member 15 and an intermediate element 16. The hinge member 15 is fixed on the inner side of the wall 12. The intermediate element 16 is hinged to the member 15 by means of a hinge-bolt 17 parallel. to the wall 12. A projection 18 at the top of the frame 13 is attached to the intermediate member 16 by means of a swivel pin 19 whose axis is perpendicular to that of the bolt 17 and coincident with the center line or axis of the window.

It is apparent that the mounting described permit-s of reversal of the window by merely swinging it inward away from the wall about the hinge bolt 17 and then turning it about the swivel bolt 19 and swinging it back against the wall.

Serial No. 71,288.

Suitable means, such as a spring catch 20 adapted to engage a recess 21 in a projection 22 at the bottom of the frame 13, is provided for holding the window against the wall. A tight closure may be provided by means of a rubber gasket 23 extending around the periphery of the opening 11 on the inner side of the wall 12. Either side of the frame 13 of the window may be pressed against this gasket by the spring catch 20.

In view of the numerous uses to which the invention may be applied, it will be understood that the wall 12 may extend in any plane and may consist of any material either opaque or transparent. A. metal ring 25 may be applied at the edge of the opening 11 on the outer side of the wall 12 to reinforce the edge when the wall is of wood.

What I claim is:

1. The combination with a wall containing an opening, of'a reversible transparent closure for the opening permanently secured to the wall and adapted to be closed with.

ither side thereof outward.

2. The combination with a wall containing an opening, of a symmetrical window for closing said opening, and a connection between the window and the wall permitting the window to swing away from the wall and to turn about its axis whereby the window may be closed with either side thereof outward.

3. The combination with a wall containing an opening, of an intermediate element hinged to the wall, and a reversible window for closing the opening swivelled on said intermediate element and formed to be closed with either side thereof outward.

4. The combination with a wall containing an opening, of a hinge member fixed on the inner surface of the wall near the opening, an element hinged to said member on an axis parallel to the wall, a reversible window for closing the opening having a frame swivelled to said element, and a spring catch adapted to press either side of said frame against the portion of the wall surrounding the opening, whereby the window may be closed with either side thereof outward.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

FRANK R. GILDEBSLEEVE. 

